SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The North Atlantic Right Whale is one of the most endangered whale species, only about 370 remain, including 70 reproductively active females. One of their biggest threats are vessel strikes.

They come to the Georgia Coast every December to give birth. And conservation groups are working to protect these marine mammals, so we don’t lose them forever.

For every knot above 10 that a boat travels, their risk of hitting and killing one of these whales increases exponentially.

On Tuesday, a team of arborists and conservationists took WTOC to Wassaw Island, to see how AIS (Automatic Identification Systems) are installed, and what they do.

“It’s an uninhabited barrier island. There are no structures on it,” Greg Reilly, with the International Fund for Animal Welfare sai

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